Combined bumper and luggage carrier



LM. spasm COMBINED BUMPER AND LUGGAGE CARRIER Film? Feb.

INVENTOR. 1 5

50mm W 52 F501?" \J A ATTORNEY.

SZPEGH'E, (523 QlLlXIAAJil'D, UMEEQZBENIA,

CGI'i-EEZIENEL') BUMPER Milli LUGGAGE GEQWIIEE.

Application filed February 1, 192%. Serial 1%. 689,831.

Vt 25 they co /ween: e own 'tl'iat Ii, Eowano H. Srnorrr, a cit zen. the finited States, and resiof' aldand, county Alameda, and Stat, of iJ-alitornia, have invented a new and useful Combined Eumper and Luggage Carrier of which the followm 1s a S'OGClfi a a cation.

s to a combined wri'ier particularly 1o bumper at do trashed to the rear end of an adapted to be automobile.

An object of the invention is to provide a combined bumper luggage carrier in which the members are constructed and related that the device may be readily secured to automobiles of di erent specifications without alteration of parts or change of size of the members.

Another object of the invention is t provide a combined bumper and carrier construction in which the carrier part may be detached from the bumper part after the device has been fixed to the automobile, leaving the bumper part to pertorm its usual function.

The invention possesses other objects and features of advantage, some of which, with the foregoing, will be set forth in the following description of the preferred form of my invention which is illustrated in the drawings accompanying and forming part of the specification. It is to be'understood that I do not limit myself to the showing made by the said drawings and description,

as F. may adopt variations of the preferred form within the scope of: my invention as set forth in claims Referring to said drawings:

Figure l is a perspective view of the device attached to the rear end of an automobile,

Figures 2, 3 and l are side and end views of one of the brackets to which the carrier is pivoted, a portion of the bumper bar and carrier being shown in connection with Figure 2. I

As previously stated, the device of my invention is particularly designed for attachment to the rear end of an automobile, and in its present embodiment is adapted to be secured to the l ngitudinal frame members of the automobile. The device includes a 5 which is arranged to extend across the rear end of the automobile end'is preferably oi? such length that it to the dinal members is preferably effected sarong-h the .iploymexit of extension. brachets 8 which, as here shown, are removably secured adjacent their inner ends to the members at by J-bolts 9. The outer ends of the brackets are bent or otherwise formed so that they may be readily secured to any intermediate portion of the bar by means or" clamps 12. In this manner the same size andshape of bar and brackets may be used on all automobiles, any variation in the distance between the longitudinal members being readily taken care of by the adjustable connection afi'orded between the bar and brackets.

l ositioned on the bar 5 and interposed between the brackets 8 is a second pair of brackets 13 which are adapted to be releasably held on the bar. The brackets 13 are arranged to pivotally carry a carrier rack 14:, and are provided with cars 16 through which extend the pivot bolts 17 about which the rack is adapted to swing. Each of e. brackets 13 is :tormed with a recess 18 in which the bar 5 is arranged to fit, bolts l9 serving to firmly clamp the brackets to the bar. It will be noted, by referring to Figure 2, that when the brackets 13 are titted on the bar the portions of the brackets at the to of recesses 18 rest upon the upper edge or the bar. In this manner there will be no danger of either bracket soifting vertically and thereby istorting the carrier portion of the device. The rack i l is preterably interposed between the brackets 13 so as to lie inwardly of the fenders and is arranged to be swung from a vertical or folded position, as illustrated by the full lines in Figure 1, to a horizontai or extended position, as illustrated by the dotted lines. Stops 21 and 22 formed on the brackets and engageable by the sides 23 of the rack, serve to respectively limit the movement of the rack when swung from extended to folded position and vice versa. it will be noted, by referring'to Figure 1, that the pivot bolts 17 are positioned to lie slightly above and considerably inwardly of the bar 5, so that when the carrier rack is extended the straight sides 23 thereof may lie over the barin horizontal position, and a lar e portion of the rack will lie inwardly o the bar and thereby etiect minimum torsional strain bathe bar 

